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21) Centaurs
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Describes centaurs found in folklore, presents a graphic retelling of Hercules and the centaurs, and provides summaries of other tales featuring these mythical creatures.
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"Howard the Duck's brain has been thoroughly scrubbed, his hard-edged humor carefully dulled down for maximum demographic acceptance. It's up to Peter Parker to set the duck straight-- but does the world prefer Howard this way?" "Join Peter Porker, the amazing Spider-Ham, for his 25th-birthday celebration as he throws down with the Swinester Six! Also, glimpse into the future with Peter and Mary Crane's daughter, Swiney-Girl, as she takes on disgraced...
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When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless,...
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"Even gods may fall! Five X-Men -- Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik -- have been imbued with the cosmic Phoenix Force, becoming living avatars of destruction and creation. They have transformed Earth into a Utopia--but deep underground, Hell awaits. Mr. Sinister, mutant geneticist and longtime X-Men foe, has created an entire city and populated it with his own clones. And so, the Phoenix Five set out to exterminate Sinister. But even...
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Big shots volume 1
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"Wells Whitaker was once golf's hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his "promising" career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life. Josephine...
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"Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in Toronto. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn't. At thirty-two, Fern's...
27) Big shot
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
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"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look...
28) Dune
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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. Considered a classic in the Sci-Fi genre, this novel won the first Nebula Award and shared the Hugo Award.
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1 volume (unnumbered pages) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"When an exploratory mission goes horribly wrong, scientist Keith Kanga crash lands on Kaptara, a strange planet filled with muscle-bound warriors and cat tanks! With the help of a crew that includes a feline hunter, a nude wizard, and a wisdom-spouting orb, Keith must find the rest of his crew and a way back to Earth ... before it's too late!"--Back cover.
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"The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White -- veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity -- when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind. A reluctant ex-spy...
33) Goalkeeper goof
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David likes soccer, but he doesn't like being goalie. When it's his turn at the net, he tries a new trick. David is ready to even the score!
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"You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer, the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper, seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, 'Jeff' was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In [this story], a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf...
35) Three-inch teeth
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Joe Pickett novel volume 24
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"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage -- killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to...
37) Shadow cell scam
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The U.S. Navy is launching a secret spy satellite near Seaside High School. However, the Recon Academy is too distracted to provide their usual security. Each member has just received a brand new laptop computer--for free! The deal is too good to be true. When the machines go haywire, the team must scramble to save themselves and the satellite.
39) Just so happens
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"Yumiko was born in Japan but has made a life in London, losing herself in its cosmopolitan bustle. She has a gallery show of her art, a good job, and a good guy she plans to marry. The culture she grew up in seems very far away -- until her brother phones with the news that their father has died. Yumiko returns to Tokyo and finds herself immersed in the rituals of death while also plunged into the rituals of life -- fish bars, bullet trains, pagodas...
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